Daniel K S Walden
Biographic Data
| ID | 7526089 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel K S Walden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel K S |
| FAMILY NAME | Walden |
| SIGNATURE | WALDEN D K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard UniversityDepartment of MusicCambridge MA, 02138USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Global Tonnetz
This article examines how the Tonnetz, widely considered the emblematic diagram of “Western” music theory, emerged in its modern form from a global network of scholars spanning Japan, Germany, and India. Part one consists of four microhistories of transnational connection. The first two focus on Tanaka Shōhei’s 1890 presentation of the Tonnetz as representative of a “mutually civilizing” discourse between Germany and Japan, and Hugo Riemann’s ada…
Frozen Music
This paper explores the convergence of musical and architectural theory in Vitruvius’ De Architectura. Section 1 describes Vitruvius’ architectural lexicon, borrowed from Aristoxenus (I.2), and explores his description of the laws of harmony, modeled on Elementa Harmonica (V.4). Section 2 explores how Vitruvius proposes using music theory in practical architectural design, including construction of columns using architectural orders analogous to …
Noting Images
Felix Mendelssohn and Paul Hindemith, composing about one hundred years apart, integrated visual elements, including drawings and illustrated notations, into musical manuscripts they designed as gifts for women they admired. The two documents, illustrating Mendelssohn’s Schilflied (1842) and Hindemith’s Ludus Tonalis (1942), are strong declarations of compositional and artistic ideology. This article examines the scores as reflecting, respectivel…
Frozen Music
This paper explores the convergence of musical and architectural theory in Vitruvius’ De Architectura. Section 1 describes Vitruvius’ architectural lexicon, borrowed from Aristoxenus (I.2), and explores his description of the laws of harmony, modeled on Elementa Harmonica (V.4). Section 2 explores how Vitruvius proposes using music theory in practical architectural design, including construction of columns using architectural orders analogous to …
Noting Images
Felix Mendelssohn and Paul Hindemith, composing about one hundred years apart, integrated visual elements, including drawings and illustrated notations, into musical manuscripts they designed as gifts for women they admired. The two documents, illustrating Mendelssohn’s Schilflied (1842) and Hindemith’s Ludus Tonalis (1942), are strong declarations of compositional and artistic ideology. This article examines the scores as reflecting, respectivel…
Frozen Music
This paper explores the convergence of musical and architectural theory in Vitruvius’ De Architectura. Section 1 describes Vitruvius’ architectural lexicon, borrowed from Aristoxenus (I.2), and explores his description of the laws of harmony, modeled on Elementa Harmonica (V.4). Section 2 explores how Vitruvius proposes using music theory in practical architectural design, including construction of columns using architectural orders analogous to …
The Global Tonnetz
This article examines how the Tonnetz, widely considered the emblematic diagram of “Western” music theory, emerged in its modern form from a global network of scholars spanning Japan, Germany, and India. Part one consists of four microhistories of transnational connection. The first two focus on Tanaka Shōhei’s 1890 presentation of the Tonnetz as representative of a “mutually civilizing” discourse between Germany and Japan, and Hugo Riemann’s ada…
Art (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Musical (2 works) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Architectural theory (1 work) · Architecture (1 work)